Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-11-17


Il Talbert of Vassar, burned on the 10th
inst. Loss 500, 500. The fire was caused
by spontaneous combustion.
NJ. s. Stewart of Duluth. Mimi,
graduate of Michigan university, has given
| that institution some handsomely mounted
specimens Of deer and bear.
The sentence of John Whalen, sent In
July, 1885, from Marquette county TO the
state prison for larceny, has been commut-
ed SO as to expire Dec. 81 next
Eva Davis of East Saginaw attempted
suicide the other day because of the in
temperance and bad behavior OF her faith
er. Her recovery Is very doubtful.
John w. Glass, superintendent of the
Grand Rapids district telegraph company,
has gone to Canada and taken with him
considerable Of the company's funds.
Joseph ii. Chandler has filed a deed to
himself from the state, claiming the land
occupied by the Calumet mining plant.
There will probably be hotly-contested
law suit.
Supervisor jeremiah Payne Of Cedar
| Springs, accused by a young German girl
with her ruin, has gone west. The girl
was getting troublesome and threatened
civil suit
Gladstone, the new village on Bay De
Noquet, held its first charter election the
other day. James +. Miller, president,
r. w. Davies clerk and Clarence Clark
| treasurer.
The Flint Union Blues held prize drill
the other night and Sergt Ralph Aldrich,
Corp. VIM. Carns and Privates Howard
Jennings and VIM. Wolcott won the four
gold medals.
Friends Of Duane Chapman, who was
sentenced from Genesee county for 25
years for highway robbery, ask the gov
ernor to pardon him. Chapman has
served / years of his sentence.
The Grand Rapids, Lansing & Detroit
extension Of the d., l.. IL n. Is having
some difficulty in getting into Grand
Rapids, and has had several pieces Of land
condemned by the probate court.
The jury in the case of James Stewart,
charged with the murder of the man
Hall whose body was found in the
ruins of a burned building in Hudson
disagreed, being equally divided.
A Port Huron man who had his proper
~ destroyed by boys on hallOw cen, pro-
poses that the city shall pay for it. He
makes the contention that he Is taxed for
protection and don't propose to live at the
mercy of the hoodlums Of the city.
Mcssrs. Mailman & Grip of Ishpeming,
have been awarded the contract for build
ing the new Michigan mining school edi-
flee, for s63. $50. }, +. Swift Of Ishpem-
ing gets the contract for putting in the
steam heating at 81, 347.
Beware of the man who comes to you
and offers to paint the roof of your barn
for nights lodging. In the morning he
asks you 10 sign recommendation, that
looks innocent enough at lrst, but soon
turns up at the bank in the form Of a
note.
Ferdinand Greve, II years old, a col
lector for John ii. Beese, coal dealer OF
East Saginaw, has decamped with $500 of
his employers money. which he had been
ordered TO deposit in bank. His where
abouts arc unknown, as Is the direction In
which he fled.
The contractors OF the Canada Pacific
railroad have recovered from their lethargy
and are straining every nerve 10 reach the
500 by Dec. /. They have completed the
big rock cut, 81 miles east Of the st.
Mary's river, and are laying mile and q
half of iron every day.
Up to the first day OF November SOIL
vessels had passed through the govern
ment canal at Sault ste. Marie this season.
| The regular tonnage of all craft was
4,541, 37s and the freight tonnage $685.
567. During October, l,752 passengers
passed through the canal
David Foster, old man who was par
doned from life sentence ten years ago
and returned to states prison recently
with request to spend remainder of his
days there, was turned out by change in
quarters for insane criminals and refused
further care. Wept and begged for re-
turn and Is now temporarily housed, but
there is no authority for keeping him.
f. Fargo & Co., large firm of boot and
shoe manufacturers in Chicago, have
leased the building outside the Jackson
prison walls. formerly used as an insane
asylum, and will remove their plant to
Jackson. They already have contract
running eight years inside the prison. and
this lease will run for the same length of
time. The company will employ about
100 free hands
George Bearis, l.. ID. S., student Of
the dental department of the university,
died a few days ago OF pneumonia. He
was from Newport, Mon, England, and
for few months previous to entering col
lege he had practced dentistry in Dundee.
He was 80 years Of age, and was licen
tiate of an Irish dental college. His wild
owed mother was with him at the time of
his death. A popular subscription was
taken up to assist her on her sorrowful
journey back to England.
Major Robert f. Judson of Kalamazoo,
was found dead in bed the other morning.
He was an attorney of good ability and had
done much business in bankruptcy cases,
and in special secret service for the reve-
nue. department. During the war for the
Union he entered the service as a captain
in the Fifth Michigan cavalry. and was
discharged for ply steal disability in Octo-
ber 1864, and was breveted Major for
gallant services. During much Of his
term of service he was a member Of Gen.
Custer's staff, and made a record as albrave
and intelligent officer. lie was 60 years
old at the time of his death.
Bryant's steam flour and saw mill In
Mayville, Tuscola county, burned the 9TH
er night. Loss $4,000.
Cornelius Coughlin died In Grand Rap
ids the other day, aged 102 years.
Wolf Bros. OF Evart haye purchased of
Sands & Maxwell their Prentiss Bay plant,
consisting of saw and single mill, 4,000,-
600 feet Of lumber, 5000, 900 shingles,
1, 900, 900 feet of logs In boom and Is, 000,
600 feet Of standing pine. The ccnsidera-
tion is reported at $4,000.
Decorators are busily at work on the
lore and s.ffin Of Of al